World History Unit 1 (Prehistory 2)

Archaeologists refer to the period of time before people invented writing systems as...

• geography 
• prehistory 
• technology 
• archaeology 

Historians are like archaeologists in that they both study how people lived by examining...

• longitude and latitude 
• plants and animals 
• artifacts 
• regions 

Which of the following statements does NOT describe life in the Old Stone Age? 

• Paleolithic people moved from place to place following game animals.
  
• Paleolithic people lived in small hunting and food-gathering groups.
  
• Paleolithic people produced their own crops and stayed in one place. 
• Paleolithic people were completely dependent on their environment for survival. 

Which of the following is a Neolithic advancement?

• first use of fire 
• use of stone tools 
• creation of calendars 
• ritual burials
  

Which of the following was a characteristic of the Old Stone Age/Paleolithic Period? 

• farming 
• written language 
• toolmaking 
• organized government 

Where did the first cities emerge?

• along trade routes 
• in river valleys 
• along the Mediterranean coast 
• in the Americas 

Which of the following was another characteristic of the Paleolithic Age?

• Farming Villages 
• Organized Government 
• Hunting and Gathering 
• Domestication of Animals 

Which of the following caused ancient civilizations to change? 

• lack of traditions 
• contact with other people through trade, warfare, and migration 
• poor leaders
  
• nomadic herders 

What part of the world did the first hominids come from?

• Europe 
• North and South America 
• Asia and Australia 
• Africa 

Why was the Neolithic Revolution important to history?

• It contributed to the establishment of civilization.
  
• It brought about the outbreak of many wars
  
• It helped to establish nomadic tribes across the world. 
• It caused the outbreak of epidemic diseases.